Month: July 2017

Hello Folks, Late summer is peak season for diverse salads, with lots of the Asian greens (and purples) that we started sowing around midsummer at peak productivity. As a result we have no less than 9 different types of salad leaf in our mixed salad harvest this week. Keeping with the Asian theme we’re also…

Afternoon Folks, In our greenhouse at Rouken Glen our tomatoes have been ripening in dribs and drabs in recent weeks – but after a few days glorious sunshine we’re starting to see a lot more red (and yellow in our “golden queen” and “yellow submarine” varieties) across all of our different tomato types. Similarly our…

From mid June until mid August we are running a support campaign for the Glasgow Night Shelter at our shop. The Glasgow Night Shelter is an almost entirely volunteer run organisation that offers a safe place to sleep and a hot meal to destitute refugees. Every night of the year it opens its doors to…

Hello! We hope that you’re enjoying the new season veg as much as we are! Our market gardens, Left Field, Rouken Glen and The Croft are becoming very abundant. The first of the french beans, bunches of baby carrots and patty pan squash grown as locally as The Croft at Queens Park are available in…

Hello Folks, The most pressing issue on the farm at the moment is the weeds. They’re trying to take over and succeeding in places, having the advantage over many of our crops in this cool, wet weather. Now that most of our crops are planted out we’ve found the time to start fighting back this…